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Who is responsible? | Level | Older cluster | Contemporary cluster | Notes | ||
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Research group | Applications: running within a user's directory |
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| What will run on contemporary OS? | ||
Research group | Applications: Research software, residing in research group's shared directory |
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| What will run on contemporary OS? | ||
ChemIT | Research applications: Select software, residing in ChemIT-designated directory |
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| Guassian, ADF | Guassian, ADF | Q: Are these the correct applications? |
ChemIT | Compiler applications: Select software, residing in ChemIT-designated directory |
| Intel compiler, using ChemIT-managed license server. | Intel compiler, using ChemIT-managed license server. | What will run on contemporary OS? | |
ChemIT | System applications: Provisioning web interface to cluster services | WebMO (old version) | WebMO (latest version) | Collum only? | ||
ChemIT | System applications: Job queuing and scheduling systems | Maui/ Torque | Maui/ Torque | |||
ChemIT | Compute node provisioning | Perceus | Warewulf | |||
ChemIT | Monitoring tools |
| RAID controller card monitoring (hard disk monitoring) |
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ChemIT | Backup software (not just versioning!) |
| EZ-Backup (off-site) | Optional? | ||
ChemIT | Operating System (OS) | Fedora 13 | CentOS 6 |
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| Scheraga, | Collum | On deck for upgrading to contemporary set-ups: |
Issues
- Version neglect makes support harder over time, for any of these layers.
- Impact on research when software (1) updates, or (2) upgrades.